Avril
Lavigne was the recipient of a 2003
MuchMusic Video Award (MMVA) in the category of 'Best International Video by
a Canadian' for her 'Sk8er Boi' video. The awards were handed out in Toronto on
Sunday, June 22nd.

Avril's
New Album
Avril's manager, Shauna Gold, has said that Avril is already hard at work at her
second album, expected to be released early next year. In addition, Avril is not
currently working with the Matrix, the songwriting trio that helped her write
several songs for her debut album; however, they haven't yet ruled out during so
in the future.

Sk8er
Boi, the film
Pop singer Avril Lavigne's hit single " Sk8er Boi" is heading to the
big screen. Paramount Pictures has optioned the song and hired " ER"
writer/producer David Zabel to adapt its words into a feature film to be
produced by studio-based MTV Films and Alphaville. The song, which captures the
divide between cliques and cultures, is about a teenager girl who rejects a
skater boi with a crush on her bcuz her friends didn't approve of him-even
though she secretly likes him. Years later, he becomes a famous rock star and
she is left with regrets. Because the song has become an anthem for teenagers,
the film will be true to spirit of the song. Also titled "Sk8er Boi,"
the feature will focus on the two teens from different backgrounds and the
social constraints in which they find themselves.

The
project, though not a musical, will have a heavy musical component in the style
of the studio's previous hits " Flashdance," "Footloose" and
"Save the Last Dance."

Scott
Spock, Lauren Christy, and Graham Edwards -- the writing- production team
collectively known as the Matrix who co-wrote with Lavigne and produced
"Sk8er Boi," among other hits, on Lavigne's album "Let Go"-will
act as consultants on the screen play. They also will create an event album with
new original songs arounf the movie and executive produce the soundtrack.